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Chapter 5

A rather awkward silence filled the air. Especially the Asgardian guards who had no idea what to think, looked quit scared and confused. One them thought his prince had lost his mind. The other one feared he had looked past his current king, King Loki, and their leader understood Odin was in fact Loki, but he couldn't think of any reason why Thor wouldn't know that too.

Loki looked around him. From the moment he had heard his name, hundreds of escape plans had formed in his mind, but most of them resulted in killing someone… So he tried to do the most obvious thing he could do: talk himself out of the situation.

"My son is long gone…" he said while forcing a painful expression on Odin's face. Loki was hoping at least someone would stop staring at him, but Thor's bright blue eyes were still fixed on him.

Loki could see the God of Thunder was shaking with anger. Jane Foster was staring at him as well. Her eyes were filled with confusion, but above all fear. She seemed to be waiting for Thor to say something, but he wasn't capable of saying anything at the moment.

"Frigga, come here…", Jane suddenly said in a strong voice.

The little girl who was still standing next to Loki had no idea what was going on. Why was everyone starring at her grandpa?

"Frigga! Come. Here! Now!" Jane said again. "Get away from that man!"

Frigga looked up at her grandpa. A sudden angry expression covered her beautiful face. She grabbed hold of Loki's arm and shook her head.
"No!" she said confidently. "I'm going to be a princess!"

Loki shivered when the girl touched him again. His first reaction was to push her away, but when he heard her speak, he was paralysed. The girl trusted him!

Thor seemed to have found his voice.
"Frigga! Listen to your mother and step back!"

Frigga pulled herself closer to Loki.
"No!" she simply said.

Thor fixed his eyes on Odin again.
"What did you do Loki!" he hissed.

Loki started to understand he wouldn't get out this. For a moment he considered to just take the child and use her to make Thor open the Bifröst. Maybe he would even stay on Earth if he used Frigga as a bargain. But for some reason the young king could not do it. Maybe it was because she was named after his mother and made him think of her so much. Maybe it was because she was the only one who seemed to trust him. Or maybe it was just because Thor immediately concluded that Loki had done something to her, or was he referring to what he had done to the real Odin…

While Loki tried to keep an expression of confusion on his face, Frigga didn't seem to change her mind.

"Not Loki! It's Odin! The Allfather from the stories!" she cried out.

The parents on the rest of the playground stopped paying attention to their kids playing and started looking to the weird scene near the end of the playground.

"Why do you keep calling grandpa Loki! Who's Loki!" Frigga yelled at her dad.

Something broke inside the young king's mind. He'd had enough of this. The confused expression faded and was replaced by Loki's own creepy grin, something that looked really out of place on Odin's face.

"Yes, Daddy, who's Loki?" he asked in his own voice, but still disguised as the Allfather. Everyone on the scene looked struck back. The guards – who were still kneeling down kept throwing looks between Thor and Odin… Well, Loki… Odin… Loki…. Odin with Loki's voice.

Jane and Thor both shivered. Even though they had been certain Odin was in fact Loki, hearing his voice conformed their worst fears. Frigga on the other hand heard the sudden change in her grandpa's voice and looked up. The evil sneer on Odin's face made her step back. What was going on? Who was Loki? And who was this man? A second ago he had been her grandfather and now was everybody staring at him in fear.

"Frigga, come over here!" Jane whispered. This time the little girl obeyed without hesitation. She ran to her mother and hid behind her back. She looked at her father and shivered. She had never seen him so angry. This was no anger anymore, this was pure hatred!

Loki knew he was being a fool, but he just couldn't take it anymore. What use did it have to keep lying. There was no going back now.
"Well, brother, why don't you tell her who Loki is?" he went on. "I'm sure she would like to know everything about me…About what you did…"

"How dare you!" Thor shouted. He stretched out his arm in order to summon Mjölnir. At the same time the three guards got to their feet at drew their swords, ready to protect their king. Loki immediately reacted. He held out his sceptre and touched Thor's out stretched arm.

"Oh no, you don't!" he said in a strong voice. Thor moved his arm away from the sceptre like it had burned him. A moment later a green flash lid up the scene. Loki stood in front of his brother, a serious expression covering his face. Slowly he lifted the sceptre and put in down next to him. His eyes fixed on the guards.
"Weapons down!" he demanded.

The confused guards didn't react. They had absolutely no idea what was going on.

"Now!" Loki cried out.

The guards obeyed and stepped back. Loki looked around. They were drawing to much attention to themselves and now he was visible again, in the middle of Central Park, in New York City, that was not really useful.

The young king closed his eyes a couple of seconds. A green glance formed a transparent wall between them and the rest of the playground. The people on the other end of the wall blinked confusedly, but shook their heads and turned away.

Loki brought his attention back to the people standing in front of him. Once again, he forced himself into being the king he had been the past five years. If he let his usual self handle a situation like this, someone would definitely get hurt…

Tension filled the air. Thor and Loki looked each other in the eyes, both determined to keep up the eye contact.

"Sire?"

One of the guard had found his courage and he had the feeling he wasn't supposed to whiteness this. Therefor he decided that he better asked for orders before Loki would blame them for being there.
The young king nodded. He knew he had his chance to go back with the guards, back to Asgard. Heimdall would probably open the Bifröst for them. At least, Loki hoped he would… but on the other hand… What good would it do? Thor would only follow him. And even though he had been king for the past five years, Loki was certain the Asgardians would follow Thor blindly and believe whatever he said.

No, it was better to stay here. It was time to tell Thor the truth. Loki now realised he had been procrastinating this moment. If it weren't for Heimdall, Loki would probably never had told Thor, even though he had promised himself to do it.

Loki closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He had the feeling he was doing something tremendously stupid, but what choice did he have…

"You three will go back to Asgard. Tell the Captain I am on Midgard. Tell him he will be king a little while longer until I return. Yet, if anything happens while I'm gone, I demand to be informed and brought back to Asgard immediately. The Captain will not do anything without my approval. Is that understood?"

The guards nodded and saluted.
"Yes, sire. We'll do as you commanded. We'll look forward to your return."

"Very well! Oh, and one more thing: no more patrols to Midgard. It won't be necessary."

"Yes my king!" the leader answered. The three men bowed one more time. They turned around and disappeared between the trees.

Nobody said a word. Everybody was waiting for the other to say something. It was Jane who opened her mouth first.

"You…", she stuttered, not able to hide the fear in her voice. "You are dead… You died! I was there…You definitely died."

Loki looked at her and smiled. "Accept I did not die… I'm surprised you two even believed I actually died on Svartalfheim. I did made it look like Thor's hand was cut of only a few minutes before…"

"Shut up!" Thor interrupted.

Loki slowly fixed his eyes on his brother. Thor seemed to be searching for words so Loki took his chance.

"You don't speak like that to your King!"

"You are not my King! You will never be a king!" Thor immediately shouted.

Loki raised his eyebrows.
"Weren't you listening, brother?" he asked with fake innocence. Thor didn't answer.
"Surprise!" Loki shouted.

That was enough for Thor. The God of Thunder stretched out his arm once more. Loki immediately stopped him by using his sceptre. He locked his eyes on Thor's. Neither of them moved a muscle.

"Jane, take Frigga and go home. I won't be long."

Jane Foster looked between the two brothers for a moment. She was scared to death and knew that this was no time to argue with her husband. She picked up her paralysed daughter and made her way through the playground as fast as possible.

When Jane had disappeared from their view, Loki spoke again. A serious look spread across his face. No more playing around.
"Before you start beating me to moon, stop being a foul and think for a moment."
Loki waited until Thor was calmed down a bit before lowering his sceptre. Thor didn't say a word.
"I've been King of Asgard ever since you left to live on Midgard. Ask yourself. In those five years, have you ever heard anything bad… Has Asgard suffered during my reign? No! And neither have the other realms. I am a good king! The Asgardians respect me!"

"Oh yes, because you're such an honest king… Crowned because of a lie…"

"It was my birth right! You said it yourself! I understood the meaning of ruling better then you did!" Loki cried out.

Thor laughed, but there was nothing happy about the laugh.
"Then I was mistaken…" he answered softly. Loki's eyes turned dark, but Thor wasn't finished yet.
"So it was you… I thought I was talking to father… but it was you…"

"Odin was blinded by hate and grief. He was ready to sacrifice every Asgardian. Every last bit of Asgardian blood. Where would that have brought us. Nowhere! Think of the suffering he would have brought to the nine realms. To men, women and children. Is that what you wanted? Someone needed to stop that foul, but it seemed only Jotunheimers were capable of doing that…"

Thor smirked.
"You still don't get it do you?" he said. "You may've been born on Jotunheim, but you were raised on Asgard. You lived your life on Asgard. Not on Jotunheim. You're as much an Asgardian as I am, whether you like it or not."

Loki's knuckles whitened around the sceptre while he tried to withhold himself from killing Thor.
"Believe whatever you desire, brother. It doesn't change anything. I am still the only one who has the right to be king! You know that!"

Thor took one step closer to his brother.
"Oh yes, by killing your father!" he shouted.

"He was never my father!" Loki cried out. Both men were breathing heavily into each other's faces. Teeth clenched, eyes piercing…

"Why are you here, Loki!" Thor hissed after a couple of minutes. "And don't give me that crap about meeting Frigga!"

Loki stepped back. He observed his brother a couple of seconds before letting out a loud sigh.
"I need you to come back with me to Asgard!"

Thor looked bewildered.
"And why would I do that?" he asked suspiciously. Loki opened his mouth to answer, but then realised he hadn't thought about a proper excuse. Thor, who knew Loki long enough to know when his brother owned up, saw his chance. A small grin spread across his handsome face.
"No pretext, brother…"

Loki closed his mouth. Whatever he came up with, Thor would know it was a lie and the God of Thunder began to understand the situation.

"You are stuck here! Aren't you?" Thor continued. "You are stuck and you need me to get back! I wonder why…"

Loki scowled.
"No idea where you got that idea, but it's ridiculous!"

"Oh really… Go on then, Oh Great King! Open the Bifröst here and now. If you do it, I promise, I won't follow you to Asgard."

Loki clenched his teeth. He knew Thor was bluffing – typical – but he also knew Heimdall wouldn't open the Bifröst. Not until he had told Thor the whole truth.

Thor smiled.
"I won't open the Bifröst for you in a thousand years!"

"Asgard had no king!" Loki shouted back. "They need a real king!"

"Indeed they do!" Thor cried out. "Even the Captain is a better king then you! You've lied, killed… Innocent people have suffered because of you! Because you wanted a throne! I will not open the Bifröst until you have proven to be a king! Until I decide if Asgard and the other realms deserves you or not!"

"The people of Asgard already follow and respect me…." Loki started but Thor interrupted almost immediately.

"But I do not!"

Loki went silent. Thor was breathing heavily. Slowly he made his way towards Loki.

"I thought you dead. I mourned you... twice! For five years I've been blaming myself for your death, for mother's… How do you expect to me to trust you…"

Loki laughed.
"All right…we'll do it your way. You just have to understand one thing, dear brother: they won't take this easily back home… if they come for me, you and your precious family will be in big trouble!"

Thor smirked.
"Oh I don't think so… I'm almost certain that they don't know the truth either… do they, dear brother…"

Loki's smile disappeared and Thor took a step back.

"What now?" Loki asked after a short silence.

Thor looked at him in confusion.
"What 'What now'?"

Loki sighed.
"You want me to stay here! Where am I supposed to go? In case you didn't notice; people probably don't really like me here."

Thor raised his eyebrows.
"You're not staying with me, if that's what you're suggesting."

"Oh, so I'm left to live on the streets, like a dog!" Loki said with his most innocent expression covering his face.

Thor smirked once more.
"I'm sure His Highness can find some 'suitable' accommodation."

"Of course…" Loki answered nonchalantly. "I'll just walk through the streets of New York, being His Royal Highness. Before you know it, you've got S.H.I.E.L.D arresting me. Next thing we know is S.H.I.E.L.D investigating that sweet, little daughter of yours. I'm sure they're really interested in her…"

Thor's smile disappeared. He seemed to be overthinking the possibilities. After a couple of seconds, he turned towards Loki.
"All right, you win, Loki. You'll stay with me, but make sure you understand one thing: if you hurt my family, or anyone else, I will kill you. King or no king! Believe it or not, Loki, but you are replaceable!"

"I must say, if I would get money for every time someone threatened to kill me, I would have been able to buy Asgard and the nine realms…"

"You better take this seriously, Loki! One wrong move, one threat…"

"Yes, yes, I get it: you'll kill me!" Loki interrupted.

"One more thing! You'll be in disguise at all times!"

Loki sighed. "Why? Afraid your girlfriend would fall for me?"

Thor clenched his teeth. Loki was starting to get on his nerves. One more stupid, rude remark and…

"Oh right! How's Jane's cooking by the way? Maybe I should live on the streets after all…"
Thor closed his eyes. He felt the anger racing through his body.
Enough! he thought.

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